Consequences of Imperialism in Africa

Consequences of Imperialism in Africa

1. Ecological

   • -New Methods of farming and animal and plant species unpublished -Caused profound alterations of ecoystems
     • -Rivers were contaminated with heavy metals (mercury and others)

2. Geopolitical

   • -Creation of artificial boundaries forcing the union or separation of tribal and ethnic groups
     • -Inumerable racial conflicts that exist nowadays

3. Political

   • -Imposed administrative organization -there was always conflict that formed the germ of antimperialism usually involved westernized middle classes who claimed respect for the indigenous
     • -This led to Ghando working in SA in 1983 through passive resistence and civil desobedience

4. Economical

   • -Traditional economy was replaced by export monoculture -Causing disappearance of ancestral farms of production
     • dramatic changes in the landscape and severe alteration of the environment

5. Social

   • -The bourgeoisie from the metropolis composed of merchants, oficials and land owners invaded the means of high levels of political society
     • -There were certain cases were indigenous groups were asimilated by the colonizers and became part of social elite
       • This occured mainly with old elite leaders, members of certain bodies of the army and official of colonial admin.
         • -The minority which was mostly native population was subject of a white spread process of becoming part of the qualitariat which increased the abundant serve of labor to the creation of infraestructure and plantation agriculture

6. Cultural

   • -Lost of identity, implanted patterns of behaviours, ediucation and mentality
     • -French and english were imposed, influences of christianity

7. Pablo Vera A01730223 Frida Acevedo A01730264 Sophia Cisneros A01730238